I partially disagree.

Yes seems strange to see a beholder at lvl 4 encounter, or the underdark...

But sincerely i feel happy to not pass my lvl 1 and 2 killing rats,.
Lvl 3 killing skeletons and kobolds,
Then start the real game at lvl 4- 5 (consider i played many d&d games, best one was newerwinter nights on line with human DMs)

And fortunately the game is really different from DOS2.
I can t play no more dos 2 ( i stopped at lvl 7 in act 1) now that bg3 is playable.

I really enjoy bg3. The only thing i dont like is the super OP shove action.

The risk is: act2 and 3 will be so super like act1????

Lets seeee.